The Key

Did you ever lock yourself out of your house? Sometimes people have even locked themselves out of their cars with the key inside the ignition. You can look through the window and see the key that is needed to open the door but you can't get to it. Well, this devotional to me is speaking of the key. The key of daily living. It is called "the Kingdom of God"! It is His will that matters and once you can grasp that, everything else is there for us. My friends, all I can say is it works for me.

February 12

"But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew vi. 33).

[A devotional by A. B. Simpson]

[For every heart that is seeking anything from the Lord this is a good watchword. That very thing, or the desire for it, may unconsciously separate you from the Lord, or at least from the singleness of your purpose unto Him. The thing we desire may be a right thing, but we may desire it in a distrusting and selfish spirit. Let us commit it to Him, and not cease to believe for it, but let us, at the same time, keep our purpose fixed on His will and glory, and claim even His promised blessings, not for themselves or ourselves, but for Him. Then shall it be true, "Delight thyself in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." All other things but Himself God will "add." But they must be ever added, never first.

Then shall we be able to believe for them without doubt, when we claim them for Him and not for ourselves. It is only when "we are Christ's" that "all things are ours."

Lord, help me this day to seek Thee first, and be more desirous to please Thee and have Thy will than to possess any other blessing.]

The Key

As I walked up to the Kingdom gate
I couldn't enter in,
for it was locked and very secure
and the lock was titled "sin"!

I knew the place I wanted to be
was on the other side,
but my sin was keeping from getting there
and also my foolish pride.

The Kingdom gate was too high
for me to try and climb.
It's lock was too heavy to break,
no matter how hard I tried.

Then in my heart I heard a voice
it was very personal to me.
Jesus said, "The only way is to believe,
for I Am the Living Key!"

It was then that I finally understood,
the only thing I could do,
is put my life in Jesus hands,
for only He can get me through!

E. P. Shagott
2/12/10

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott